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For years, the average size of the American single-family house ballooned, from under 1,000 square feet back in the 1950s, to over 2,600 square feet in 2018. But with greater size comes greater costs – not only in terms of required building resources, but also to purchase, and maintain over time. It also means that there’s a lot of underused square footage everywhere, especially in the larger, so-called McMansions.
But despite this American penchant for everything “big,” smaller homes have nevertheless been gaining popularity in the last couple of decades. Once considered something “fringe,” tiny homes – usually defined as anything 400 square feet and below – are now breaking into the mainstream consciousness, as can be seen in the innumerable blogs, books, festivals, and television shows dedicated to the small space lifestyle.
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